"Be the person you needed when you were younger."
What type of person would you be, then? Also, indicate which period of time you refer to when looking back. If you like, comment on the concept itself as well.
Retrospection: Be The Person...
"Be the person you needed when you were younger."
What type of person would you be, then? Also, indicate which period of time you refer to when looking back. If you like, comment on the concept itself as well.
I think in a broad sense that this works as a decent enough outline for character. If you have younger people dependent on you, I feel their needs will end up totally superceding this though.
Projection is ordinary. Person A projects at person B, hoping tovalidate something about person A by the response of person B. However, person B, not wanting to be an obejct of someone elses ego and guarding against existential terror constructs a personality which protects his ego and maintain a certain sense of a robust and real self that is different and separate from person A. Sadly, this robust and real self, cut off by defenses of character from the rest of the world, is quite vulnerable and fragile given that it is imaginary and propped up through external feed back. Person B is dimly aware of this and defends against it all the more, even desperately projecting his anxieties back onto person A, with the hope of shoring up his ego with salubrious validation. All of this happens without A or B acknowledging it, of course. Because to face up to it consciously is shocking, in that this is all anybody is doing or can do and it seems absurd when you realize how pathetic it is.
The person I needed was someone interesting. Someone cosmic, able to impress and amaze me in action and in knowledge. Someone willing to do crazy things. Someone knowledgeable, to give me whatever answers I needed. And, most importantly, someone able to take my endless bullshit and stick it out with me until the end.
Idk exactly when, probably childhood. I'm still kinda young so I don't have a long timeline to look back upon.
I agree with this. Young people need someone with knowledge and good character, someone who shows that you can make something of yourself. But Western culture doesn't really allow a lot of contact between younger and older people that would allow this kind of mentorship to develop (except maybe in a professional setting or in academia). This is one reason I am grateful to be Muslim, because I've had so many great mentors and spiritual teachers.Originally Posted by Chae
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